I remember my dad telling me that when he was in college, everyone mailed their laundry home and they had special boxes for it. Your mom (or the maid) would do it and mail it back to you.

I'm trying to imagine my mom's reaction if I'd tried to do this. I suspect that I would have heard the laughter from 60 miles away, followed by a rain of dirty clothes, drop-kicked back from same.

When I was in college one of the boys would take his laundry home (he had a month's worth of underwear) for his mother's maid to wash (yes, overprivileged). Most had to learn to do their own laundry and, trust me, there are few things more amusing than watching someone having to learn to do laundry for the first time (splotchy colored underwear! often pink!).

eta: when I was in college, my mother would bitch if I brought laundry home to wash myself (mom had pretty much stopped doing laundry at that point, working on the assumption that with two daughters, she could pass that little chore on to the next generation).

Here's an interesting article on the Obama tabloid strategy--how they're using People, Star, Us, etc., magazines to make the Obama family more approachable to the voter.

I'm not sure I want NF in eyeliner. What I was contemplated earlier today was NF having a guest spot on FNL and I nearly LOST MY SHIT.

I remember having to show a dorm-mate how to fold a contour sheet the first week of school freshman year. Her mom had shown her how to do the actual laundry (complete with written instructions), but she was clueless when it came to folding.

I just known Nannies in worse situations. Sadly,from China where they had to flee from there.Lot less money, all nanny/mommy duties and no full days off. Of course I've also known nannies in much better positions.

laundry mail - intriguing

We started doing our own laundry at 4th grade for the express purpose of my mom "was not going to have kids who went off to college not knowing how to do their own laundry."

Someone chided me today for expecting mac to get himself ready in the mornings (dress, school bag, brush teeth). hell yes he will, 2nd grade is plenty old to do all that without multiple proddings.

she was clueless when it came to folding.

I still am. Terrible folder, me.

I'm not sure I want NF in eyeliner. What I was contemplated earlier today was NF having a guest spot on FNL and I nearly LOST MY SHIT.

Not NF, just men in eyeliner, like the wet men, men in glasses and men in skirts. (Note that I will not actually request this, for ita is benevolent and I totally appreciate all the pretty she's already provided).

To the last part: YES!

A local county has passed regulations requiring decent treatment for live-in nannies, etc. There have been some truly horrendous cases of women, usually brought from another country, being held in virtual slavery.